Fig. 1. Structure of European Countries

soon be joining one of these groups. In any case, these countries are already cooperating in the exchange of burn information.

The situation at present is unclear in several countries, which geographically are situated in Europe, but their level of cooperation, data exchange and/or other factors do not allow their involvement in the System of European Guidelines for Burn Care. These countries are Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova and Albania.

Conclusion

This present theses does not, of course, have the form of standards and/or guidelines as mentioned at the beginning of this article. They must go through the process of “translation” or “conversion” to become standards and/or guidelines.

Because this process is quite sophisticated, expensive and time consuming, perhaps this article could be interesting for those involved in burn care in Europe.

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Correspondence: Pavel Brychta, Department of Burns and